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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1947-08-22, Page 7be only .basin f03 tile: e „I iitidirig ower^ 9my 11},ax 0l!ea,'ybotty' wows i essezi=". teal not drily X0. n lutries, ifkd (; ha.na and India 'but 'tor 'lghl ^ d4'velePet ebliael ler like ;the United Stater,' 'PTItirdait. should be= eesrer to get aggeezn tp„t ea a world food Pia/gram :that} on ;ari thing else, b'ecause it is la'?is ; a tlWWS .nasi not theories •tl 4t is' iuJe iinteaest• of 'everybody 'fa every' lands -Sat 0141Y the primary ,Iir'o, duesr-s but factory: Workers, merely acts, bousewiveeand eli3ldrezl ' It is a d-aig'niiitcant thing that More people combined, are engaged; in agr'i.eultural 'predate- :products hitt tips than in all other ooedpations trade,?' • Por ad x4pu�9a i @it; o sl ruKurowp f�aif i lack of irpa *IA T;R otd"Bodel%likeai pk qRL 1riF Ostrmf:frPhigliP146,,, viva;aid y.41174 ybintske fi lie l'„ pileat.elfkrotkt.o e. .1 t ood' anal he largest:. RE BRUCEFIELD STREET LIGjT$ Ratepayers of the Townships of'.Tuelersmit . and Stanley, who -reside in the Village of Bruce- field, are asked to attend a'meeting Axl the Odd- fellows' . Hall, Brucefield, on ' September 5th, at 8 p.m., for the purpose of' receiving estimates, etc., in regard to the proposed street lighting of the village`. A GU$T 22, ,1947.. , • r1„ J. C. SNAITH (Continued from last week) - Anne was strung to the breaking i�iint. And not the Queei1, and 'not Rhe Lord Treastirer, with `.all their Bower of mind; knew` that. Richard Burbage and William Kemp for all that they evoked; the magic phrases %ram her lips, for all that tlfey were thrilled by the touc'h' of her fingers and`the luster of her eyes were •alse unaware of it. One man lone knew the perilous ...truth. And" he -was the individual in the doublet slashed with bars of yellow who stood leaning against one of the noble oaks of the Forest of Aden, in full view of the play but out of the sight of the audi- ence, Shakespeare never once allowed his eyes to stray from Rosalind. He matched her every movement, ..her every gesture. He had an intensity of seligitudie that a father might have shown fpr abeloved but fragile daugh- ter. At the end of each, sdene he led her apart from the others and made her sit in the inner shade of the, thicket. Here while she rested the .playwright encouraged' her With word and deed. He was all kindness, all tenderness, all ..,forethought and kenceirn. . • Not far away was Gervase, 'Still in, his dfguise he had been placed among the musicians. At Shake-,' "speare's behest he was biding his hour. Before .that day was out he 4t•ad made .up his mind to reveal him- self to the Queen. But the hour was not yet. It had been agreed, between Shakespeare and himself that the '.line gild the manner of the confess e!on should be left' to the player. And *xnong the audience was . the man Grisewood narrowly -'watching all that passed_ He too felt that the hour was clear in, which the truth should'- be LEGAL ' McCONNELL ': & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors„ Etc. Patrick D. McConnell - H. Glenn Hays SEAFORTH, ONT. . • ,Telephone 174 . A. W, SILLERY Barrister,' Solicitor,' Etc. • SEAFORTH . - ONTARIO ' Phone .1.73, Seaforth MEDICAL . .SEAFORTH ' CLINIC DR. E. A....McMASTER, M.S. Physician DR. P. L. BRADY, M.D. Surgeon • Office hours daily, except Wednes- day: 1.30 - b p.m., 7 - 9 p.m. ' :',• Appointments for consultation may be made in advance. JOHN -A. •GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and 'Surgeon • IN DR: A. 4. ROSS' OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W: Res. 5-J ' ' Seaforth MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D: PhyiiIIIan and Surgeon ' • Snecessor to Dr. W. ' C. Sproat Phone 9bLW - . , Seaforth ' DR. F. J. R. FORSTER . 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"By the ,bill of the play; your grace, she !a called Rosalind and is appar- ently of the sex •of which she is ao aoor syn imitation,''_.• "Pshaw, my lord!" said the, Queen ccn tempttsonsly, "do you think I have neifher•ears nor, eyes? This is a Ros- alind that will never' be able to grow a beard. She is of my own sex and a sweeter chit .1 never saw in all my life,' "Far be it from me to ga'nsay your grace," i -aid Pembroke with an e•ahor- ate air, "but according to tho billof th' ;,lay I have in my hand this,Resa- lin, i.; :iupersonated' by a yours; Ita- li:tn eentlemad, one Signor Arrigo Bandineilo by game." -"A young Italian fiddlestick!" said the Queen. "I tell yon that girl is as' much an Italian' gentleman as I am. She shall attend us when the play is at„ an.•.end. We will go, into this. matter more hilly." ' However, when the play was over, it was the author who was first hon- ored with. a sumtnous to the royal pavilion. The, Queen received' 'him with high' good humor. For the time fieine she had, forgotten the personal- ity of Rosalind in the charm and ;lemour .of the play itself. • In the graciousness of her . mood she paid many compliments to the author of "As You Like It', and was fain to ada mit "that she'Iiked it very- well." "You are a 'wender1 tl man, Master Shakespeare,",said the Queen: "And think you mustJie the liappies.t'1Yi:an alive." • . . But there w.as nothing in the face of the 'player to suggest that destiny. The somber • eyes framed a question which the -august lady was quick to read and in the expansiveness Of her mood • was even prepared to answer. "You inhabit an enchanted world, Master 'Shakespeare.. All the persons in it are of your creation. Ydu .can order their natures and 'their destin- ies exactly as' it pleases you." "Alas, your grace!" The poet shook his head. "Tell me, is it not so?" said .the Queer., • "The world I inhabit, your grace, is that of human experience. It is nei= ther less nor more than that which we all know. A make of plays must depict life in its verity, and that is a hard matter and one which tears the soul." • ,r+ The playwright spoke with the slow precision of one whom has felt in his intliost fibres the' long •drawn agony of mortal life, The Queen was a lit- tle amazed. In such a. bearing and in such a speech there was not a trace of that enchanted mind, all airy light- ness, all 'delicate fantasy, Which had wrought such ravishment., Nor was there any sign of personal satisfac- tion in the triumph which had been gained- or- in the fruits'- of'' success which mow he was beginning to ,gath- er in ample measure: Thg Queen, be- ing a woman, was' a little inclined to be piqued by the aloofness of the dramatist. "Would yea have us believe, Mas- ter Shakespeare," she said, "that the glad world which your intimitable, fancy creates for -the pleasuring of your fellowmen is not a source of joy and delight to its possessor? And would you have us believe 'that the homage which all the world has come to pay to you brings not pride nor happiness?" - The playwright who stood before his sovereign with a throng of. great persons gathered round, him, . answer- ed these •,• rather embarrassing ques- tions with a curiously unstudied hum- ility, Suolt a modesty of bearing made an' effect of perfect sincerity. Moreover, there was a complete ab- sence of self -regard. Few ordeals could have been more, trying for a man of small education, who knew but tittle of courts; than to be expos- ed to the gaze of many ,sharp', end jealous eyes, and to be compeller( to answer on the spur of the occasion a series of most intimate • questions concerning himself and his art. Such an ordeal would have been a tax up- on the alert readiness of mind and the self-possession tif' a highly train- ed courtier. But there was. not a trace of awkwardness in the bearing of this singular m'an in the .black doublet barred with yellow. Indeed, there Was nothing .to suggest that the situation in which he found him- self was in any way unusual. • And there was no evidence that the pres- ence of others, of even the highest in the land, was a source of embar- rassment to him. No man could have been more completely -et his ease or more completely master of himself, "I will answer the second of your questions first, your grace," he said, epeaking very slowly and looking di- rectly at the Queen. "I ant indeed •a very proud man that -the .travail of my mind should have' given pleasure to those• whose favorable ' opinion must everbe coveted by all honorable met!. I unfeignedly rejoice and I am ' fliled "vt'tth gratitude that your grace and those about you are pleased to approve my labors. And whatever of happiness comes to me comes to me in that." "That is 'well spoken, Master Shakespeare," said the Queen, "You do well to allow that. And now touch- ing the first of these questions I would put to you, Ise it that you take no heftiness from 'the possessions"and 44, the• exercise of your gifts?" ';pone, your grace, They are but fife mirror and the counterfeit of life.' We makers of prays live in a world of shadows -ea world of shadows wov- en out of our own vitals as a spider weaves his web,... and from which by• night .or -.day there is no escape. "Would you escape them, .Master Shakespeare, these inimitable chil- dren of your fancy?" '-Yes, • your grace, I would' on occa- sion; I would almost `yield life itself to do so." The Queen was agtonished, by the almost passionate nature of the an- swer. This, man was no shallow de- viser of masques to speed a summer's day, but one to whom existence was ate almost intolerable burden, which admitted -'a very little allevietion.zAnd .he was one, who read its riddles with tiie eyes of a•.seer. "I begin to take your meaning, Mas-. ter Shakespeare," said the Queen. "I had supposed,, that when these chil- dren of your fancy laughed and 'Made merry. you also rejoiced. But I had forgotten that even in these plays of yours the sadness outweighs the mirth as is the,_case with life itself, whereby a double burden is laid up- on the endurance of their creator." "Yes, your grace, that is indeed true. And yet that 'is not the full u'easure of a poet's u.nhappiness." "In what does a poet's unhappiness consist, Master .Shakespeare?" "It consists, your grace, in this. A poet sees ,too much, feels' too much, knows too, much. He is stretched perpetually on the rack of his excess. He reads more ihto' life than life it- -self will. hold, Of a .most private grief he wild make a little song. He will. amuse the groundlings .with the tale of some deep injury he has suf- iered in his bones. When he moves the crowd -to tears, his fees are paid in blood.". • There was something in the nature of the answer which held t;ie Queen. Good sense was her highest•'quality, and' it ' was that quality in ethers which never failed'.'".o speak to her. She w•;,F captivated by the bearing..,of this man, in' whom she recognized'. not only the master•of hit craft, but'. also what pleased her.'even more, a mature mind which had much' too say to 'her own. acute and worldly wise ORE. indeed, so gratified' was the Queen'; with the demeanor and the mental quality of Mr. William",Shakespeare, that, . a.s a -•signal mark of her favor, he was, eo>xlmandedto sit in her pres=' ence. The sovereign was prone, to carry her. Tudor sense of importance 'to ridiculous lengths, but there was some subtle instinct lurking within her which sought equality between "the fair vestal throned by the west" and the monarch of an empire infin- itely wider than her own. most noble OHA,PTER N,XXIII It was such a spectacle as could rarely have been seen in' that -place. 'this homely fellow- without airs or graces. or pretensions to fashion, seat- ed in the presence of his' sovereign and treated by her with a respect she extended to. few. But not by word, deed or gesture did he claim the, es- tate of an equal. He was William Shakespeare, the play -actor, and she was Elizabeth Tudor, the conqueror of Spain. But the kindom of the .mind is •no Venetian oligarchy.. ''Those who speak the same language ,are all madefree of it And queen and mine, alone, per- haps' among that assembly, were able to 'address each other• in the univers- al tongue. Seldom, of late years at .least, had this crabbed, difficult and arrogant woman, been seen in a mood so accessible. She • spoke freely to this man of things, of which few had heard her speak. And presently sire said:. - • "I hope, MasterShakespeare, you will devise a new play for our diver- sion." . "Already, • your grace," said the dramatist, "there Is a new play tak- ing shape in my head. And if on a day it should have' the great good for- tune to please the fancy of your grace, the least of your servants will be the ,happiest man in your realm." The words themselves may not have been without irony, but the gen- tle voice showed no trace of that quality which the countrymen of Shakespeare so mulch distrust: • "That is indeed high news, Master Shakespeare. And of your bounty do we Bray you that your new diversion be all in the mood of comedy as is this inimitable piece we have seen this afternoon." • "Alas, your grace!" The playwright shook his head. "We' poor makers of plays are no more than mortal .men. And as mortal men are subjects to the coils of g'at'e, so are the charac- ters we weave subject to those laws which govern our being." "I don't understand," Queen, "We makers of plays, your grace, often have but a small part in Our own •contrivances. Many a time have I devised •a play in the spirit of com- a try, but it is ever the characters thOifl'lelves who spin the plot And whether they shall spin it to a comic or a tragic issue none but themelves shall say." "But you are the moulder and the master of your characters, are you not, Master S•heitespeare?" "Alas, your grace, my characters are the niaulders, and the masters of mel" The Queen Was perplexed by so paradoxical a saying. "I confess," said she, "I should ever - have thought it to be otherwise Now is it that you would, have us believe that although you have yourself de vised the characters and the plot of yaur new interlude,' you have co lit- tle hold, upon them' that yon know not until your play is Written whether it said the mill be iT1, the - tragic er rhe,. Yein?" "4t v.ay net always ba stn, Solo'' Face to• true extent that it *IA thio particular^ epee. 13ut in thls!iaistazlce,. ,1 'will confess. tat 1 have but little Mold inion the dO.tiny of the charae- tens in the 401' 7 - . "That ..seems 'very, odd, Master Shakespeare. And our counsel to you is to take a very speedy and se- cure hold upon your charaeters tan, leas you would court our grave dis- pleasure." "Alas, your grace!". Theplay-wr,ght sighed heavily. "Tell me, sirrair, what is your per- plexity-?" • "To tell my perplexity, your grace, would involve the .whole plot of the story,' and a recital of that your grace, would douhtlese find tedious." The Queen, ha,weyer, in the ex -- pensiveness of her mood, assured the author that he need have no fears •upon that account. On the contrary, .She professed herself delighted at .the prospect o1 hearing it. She ,avow— ed, besides, that 'her ladies would be immensely diverted by hearing ' the argument of the new play fresh from sthe mint of the poet's 'invention. • 'Do you' tell tis the story, I be- seech you, Master, -_ SShakespeare!" said the Queen. "And- altholigkr I cannot pretend•' that an unlearned woman such as myself has it in her power to resolve • your perplexitY, there are about us those of quick 'parts who salt hear it, who, I doubt „not, will be able to give you valuable advice• upon the conduct of your play." Doubtless the Queen spoke In mockery, since at heart she was -a despiser of most men and of all' wo- men. Mr. William 'Shakespeare, how- ever, was fully prepared to take her at her word. The-. poet, in order to give full of feet .to his narrative, rose from the chair upon which he was seated. With perfect self-possession, and as air of supreme mastery which it is given to few men to attain, he stcod to confront the Queen and the ex- pectant and , critical throng, of her courtiers. The -lives of Gervase Heriot and of Anne Peversham were at 'stake, And instinctively •the poet, knew that his own life -4/as at stake also, No' hazard could have been more perilous than tat upon which he new propr,serl' to embark. He was about to take a very grave liberty. with• ad august personage who was notoriotistyn•quick to resent even' a miner one. ' The miud of such a man, however. move: on a plane . where the mere personal equation is of 'very little ac - 'count. Had the least thought of self entered it, such a hazard had not been for a moment possible. His own bafety and freedom were as nothing. The whole force of his mind was cen- tered• in the hope of preserving the lives of. these 'hapless, children of destiny. "I will give the plot of the, play as 'briefly as I can, your grace. And under your grace's favor artd that of the ,ladies and .gentlemen of your court I, will beg you to devise a fit- ting and proper conchfsion for it and thereby spare- the poor author many OnfOretice Tbte ' i!o3ieva 'zlotaference of Vatea NOVAS Ped and Agriculture Or'ga3,r, a 4914, ' t'Ir"•4••0''), in which. Ga4a�-• da ie taking part, w111 be the Vat: �f1VorXyl ' cod 1Parliar3rent,,, s4d•S1r Jello, Boyd' Orr, Dxrecter-General of. the or- ganization. It will be turned in a air intez'A,atio3ral forum, at which the whole situation and outlook m feed; agriculture; forestry and issheries.. will be fully discussed. ''''Forty -$.even nation .will report on their progress and their problems and we shall see whet can be done to- wards achieving a better balance be- tween production and the' Reeds, of 'the world's consumers. Every an- nual conference hereafter will be turned into a World Food Parliament of .that sort," said Sir John. - Asked why he said that food should have,.f rst attention when there Were so many big international problems, he said: "For three main reasons:. The first is obvious: Food is the most fundamental need for life and health: The people who do not have enough of it far .outnumber those who do. Therefore, we can do more for hu- man Well-being and happiness` by stepping, up world food production and consumption than by any other one thing. • "Second, irt' order to increase food production you automatically have •to bring 'about extensive developments in industry as well as agriculture. That Will give full employment, in- creased purchasing power, and ex- panded xpanded trade. In short, it will multi- ply the world's real wealth, which is a, steeples night." • The playwright spoke in a clear and measured tone. His voice was raised so that all might hear every word distinctly. 'The'air .of the man, whicl. was far too much infused with the p'ay of a noble minds to bear any suggestion of effrontery, had already made a profound impression upon all, Such ay voice, such a demeanor made it clear to the Queen, no less than, to the youngest page within earshot, that the recital of thus story involv- ed issues far deeper,• far more com- plex that the mere idle gratification of att' author's vanity. (Continued Next Week) Low Ra!I Fares to' the . CANADIANN NATIONAL EXHIBITION AT TORONTO AUG. 22—SEPT. '6 . FARE AND ONE THIRD For the Round Trip Gond Going Thursday, Mfg. 21, to Saturday, Sept. 6, inclusive Return Limit —'Sept. 10 Full Information from any Agent CANADIAN NATIONAL BACKACHE The Plague of, Outdoor Men u The outdoor'man, whether he be farmer, truck driver, or railway operator, is oftensubject•to backache. This may be the result of exposure' to cold and dampness orthe result of strain from the jolting and 'bumping of the vehicle he rides. 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